This is truly heartbreaking. He was only a few months away from July—just months away from wearing his graduation gown, smiling for photographs, and making his family proud. A final-year student, a dreamer, a son with a bright future ahead. Yet, in Angwan Rukuba (Jos, Plateau State) those dreams were cut short by a moment of violence that should never have happened.

All the sleepless nights, the lectures attended, the examinations written, and the countless sacrifices made have now been reduced to painful silence. Instead of preparing for graduation, his family is now preparing for burial. Instead of joy and celebration, there is grief and mourning. Instead of a promising future, there is now the painful question of what could have been.

He had dreams, hopes, and plans beyond July. He had a life waiting for him, full of possibilities. Now, all that remains are memories and questions that may never be answered.

How many more dreams must be buried? How many more young lives must be lost before meaningful change comes? This is not only a loss to one family but a loss to an entire generation and to a nation that continues to lose its future to violence.

May his soul rest in perfect peace, and may his story never be forgotten. 

By Yaron Jtown, March 2026